Human courtship has some wild extremes. At one end of the spectrum, there is harassment, pestering, blackmail, and an abuse of institutional… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
Horror is one of the few genres - romance and comedy are the other two that come to mind - that's all… — Stephen R. Bissette Copy Share Image
“If they’d caused you pain, I’d never have been able to live with myself,” he said as he backed up a step.… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“In the bedroom the truer, unpremeditated behavior of intimacy appears, the way this spouse relates to others on the most personal level,… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Watching him, his hands buried in his pockets—to keep from circling her neck she supposed—she couldn't help but marvel at the curious… — Tracy Sumner Copy Share Image
Automated gender analysis of my writings often marks me as male, probably because I write about technology, and also about war. But… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
My godchild Zoe, age 6, suddenly said: "Can you describe what romance is?" I talked about wooing, and yearning, and she sighed… — Sark Copy Share Image
Let's start with this statistic: You are delicious. Be brave, my sweet. I know you can get lonely. I know you can… — Greg Behrendt Copy Share Image
“Open marriage thus can be defined as a relationship in which the partners are committed to their own and to each other's… — Tristan Taormino Copy Share Image
You're a hero and a gentleman, you're kind and honest, but more than that, you're the first man I ever truly loved.… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“But he place a gentle palm under her chin and turned her face back to him. “I'm privileged to see you like… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
“Sexual desire does not obey the laws that maintain peace and contentment between partners. Reason, understanding, compassion, and camaraderie are the handmaidens… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
“She wasn't a cowardIf she were she would have retreated back into her shell years before and pulled back entirely from life.… — Dee Henderson Copy Share Image
All of you caught my breath & Our memories saved me from a treath I was a coward before But you changed… — CarlixZeyshua Copy Share Image
It would be nice if there was a place I could take you, a place were we could get lost within each… — D A Reynolds Copy Share Image
If you're running for president, you've got to do a lot of things to line up a candidacy. I've not done any… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
“Promoting promiscuity in this evolved and civilized society is actually like signing the Declaration, that says: “I hereby renounce my membership of… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I had left small-town, rural life for good, and I had no intention of ever returning, not because I didn't like my… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“She loved him. But he didn’t know how to love. He could talk about love. He could see love and feel love.… — G.G. Renee Hill Copy Share Image
“I have told you, reader, that I had learned to love Mr. Rochester; I could not unlove him now, merely because I… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“There’s always a choice,” Lucian reassured her. “Always.” He kissed her forehead softly. “I love you,” he said. He lips trailed down… — Anna White Copy Share Image
Whether labeled as such or not, I think every book I've ever written has been, more or less, a romantic suspense. I… — Maggie Shayne Copy Share Image
“No one ever tells you how much a heartbreak physically hurts. How it literally feels like you've been kicked down the stairs.… — Holly Bourne Copy Share Image
“Day in and day out we learn to train and grow as Guardians. We do as we're told and follow the rules.… — Wendy Owens Copy Share Image
A lot of our assumptions of the world are fairly cynical, fairly negative, and assume the worst. What our reading tastes show… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
“I admire independence. The world would be a stronger place if we were all capable of handling life on our own. But… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“But as to your writing me that I don’t love you very much, I don’t know whether you’re saying this in earnest… — Laura Cereta Copy Share Image
“Good partners offer the "reward" of romance, but these girls cannot have power and a successful relationship, partly because of the demands… — Lorna Jowett Copy Share Image
“I recall certain moments, let us call them icebergs in paradise, when after having had my fill of her –after fabulous, insane… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“He wants a fifteen thousand pound settlement." "Fifteen thousand!" "He says you're a great deal of trouble." She hesitated for one startled… — Deeanne Gist Copy Share Image
“She fell silent, remembering the jolt of envy and longing she’d felt when she’d framed the Browns in her viewfinder. Now, weeks… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“She’d never had feelings about any man that were important enough to be real romantic love. Affection, lust, yes those things. Instants… — William C. Samples Copy Share Image
When you look out of a window, when you look at anything, you know what you're seeing? Yourself. A thing can only… — Fredric Brown Copy Share Image
“It had been a nice night, but not one they’d repeat. Like, ever. Why was he dialing his phone? A few rings… — Christine Price Copy Share Image
I do believe that an intimacy with the world of crickets and their kind can be salutary - not for what they… — Howard Evans Copy Share Image
“I find it funny that you could pass the same person on the street, in a store, or even in your neighborhood… — Courtney Giardina Copy Share Image
“ I’m sorry , the message said. The theft was a violation of privacy. It was an unbelievable act of impudence and… — Thea Harrison Copy Share Image
“The years I spent pining for her, trying to subtly convince her that I was the man she needed to be with… — Craig R. Key Copy Share Image
What I want is to talk about how someone raised Muslim struggles with the same stuff that everyone else theoretically could. Obviously,… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
